History Highlight:

Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born today in 1969, making her 50 today. First coming on the scene as a Fly Girl dancer in the show In Living Color, she was also famous early on as the leading role in the 1997 biopic Selena, becoming the first Latina actress to earn over $1 million for a film. She then transitioned to a music career with her 1999 debut On the 6, and went on to make album after album and star in many more movies. In 2012, Forbes ranked her as the most powerful celebrity in the world.

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1964 - A riot broke out during a Rolling Stones gig at The Empress Ballroom in the seaside resort town of Blackpool after Keith Richards aimed a kick at a rude audience member who was spitting at the group. Two policemen and 30 fans were injured and damage was estimated at more than £4,000, about $6200.

1967 - The Beatles met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi after his lecture on Transcendental Meditation in London. The Maharishi invited The Beatles to travel with him to Bangor, in North Wales, to attend more lectures. They accepted his invitation. The same day, all four Beatles signed a petition in favor of the legalization of marijuana in Britain.

1976 - The Manhattans started a two-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Kiss And Say Goodbye," the group's only No. 1 hit.

1977 - The original Led Zeppelin lineup played their last-ever show in the United States. Two days after the concert, which was held at the Oakland Coliseum, Robert Plant learned that his five-year-old son, Karac, had died of a stomach infection and canceled the rest of their tour.

1978 - The film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band opened, and tanked — hard. Savaged by critics, it barely broke even at the box office and became a legendary Hollywood flop despite appearances by Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Tina Turner and others. The movie did produce a handful of notable Beatles covers, however, such as Earth Wind and Fire's "Got To Get You Into My Life."

1982 - Survivor started a six-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Eye Of The Tiger," taken from the film Rocky III. The song was written by Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan and keyboardist Jim Peterik, and was recorded at the request of Sylvester Stallone, after Queen denied him permission to use "Another One Bites the Dust". "Eye of the Tiger" was originally made for the movie The Karate Kid, as the director of both Rocky and The Karate Kid, John G. Avildsen, planned to use the song for a fighting montage towards the end of the feature. Avildsen opted to use "You're the Best" by Joe Esposito for the montage instead. What a journey!

1987 - The movie "La Bamba", a somewhat fictionalized biography of Latin rock star Ritchie Valens, opened in the US. It was generally well received, especially the soundtrack by Los Lobos. Lou Diamond Phillips starred as Valens, who died in the infamous plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper; Marshall Crenshaw appeared as Buddy Holly and Brian Setzer as Eddie Cochran.

1993 - U2 started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Zooropa, the Irish band's fourth U.S. No. 1. Meanwhile on the U.S. singles chart, UB40 started a seven-week run at No. 1 with their cover of "(I Can't Help) Falling In Love with You", a big day for "U" bands.

1997 - Police gave Oasis singer Liam Gallagher a formal caution after he admitted criminal damage following an incident with a cyclist in Camden, north London. Gallagher had grabbed the rider from the window of his chauffeur-driven car and broken the man's sunglasses.

2000 - *NSYNC had the U.S. No. 1 single with "It's Gonna Be Me."

2001 - Bob Seger's boat "Lightning" (named because a previous boat was struck by lightning) won its division in the 291-mile race in Michigan with a time of 30 hours, 34 minutes, 42 seconds. Seger was one of 11 crew members on board.

2011 - Dan Peek (multi-instrumentalist and vocalist for America) died of fibrinous pericarditis in his sleep at age 60.

2011 - At the Mod Club in Toronto, Abel Tesfaye performed as The Weeknd for the first time.

2014 - Chubby Checker settled his lawsuit with Hewlett-Packard over their app "The Chubby Checker." The app, which sold for 99 cents, purported to estimate a man's "member size" based on his shoe size.

2016 - Marni Nixon, a soprano singer who dubbed vocals for numerous stars of the silver screen including Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady and Natalie Wood in West Side Story, died at age 86.

Birthday:

Lynval Golding of The Specials is 68.

Country singer Pam Tillis is 62.

Highlights for Today in Music History are gathered from This Day in Music, Paul Shaffer's Day in Rock, Song Facts and Wikipedia.